Matt Nagy has made it abundantly clear that we’re not going to learn much about the starters this preseason. And that’s fine — it worked out well last summer.

They still have to play the games, though, and plenty of players are fighting for the final available roster spots, a job with the practice squad or a contract with one of the other 31 teams.

With the Bears playing the Giants Friday night — they host New York in Week 12 — there’s even more reason for Nagy to play things close to the chest and keep starters on the sideline. Maybe another set of handoffs for Mitch Trubisky and a set of downs for some young starters on defense, but otherwise, the Bears had their game-like reps during Wednesday night’s practice.

We’ve got 38 locks for the roster — there are a few more pretty-much-locks that we’ll get into below, but they are guys we expect to see in Friday’s game.